React Js Developer

Description:

Iris Software Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Node and React JS Developer to join a long-term contract engagement with one of the world’s largest financial institutions, headquartered in Toronto. This is a hybrid role, offering the opportunity to work in a fast-paced, high-impact environment contributing to global-scale financial technology systems.

You will be working on complex enterprise-level applications, building scalable APIs and modern front-end interfaces that serve individual consumers, SMEs, and large corporations. Your solutions will directly support investment banking, asset management, and risk management services, powering critical financial transactions globally.

Key Responsibilities:

• Design and develop scalable server-side APIs using Node.js.

• Build and maintain advanced React JS applications using Redux and RxJS for dynamic, interactive UI components.

• Collaborate with product managers, architects, and business analysts to gather requirements and translate them into robust, clean, and efficient code.

• Develop and document RESTful APIs, using tools like Swagger for interface specifications and documentation.

• Write clean, maintainable code with comprehensive test coverage using modern testing frameworks.

• Design database schemas aligned with business requirements and manage integrations with MS SQL Server (2012–2016).

• Perform performance tuning, debugging, and troubleshooting across multiple environments.

• Participate in agile ceremonies and work within a fast-paced Agile/Scrum development lifecycle.

Required Skills & Qualifications:

• 10+ years of software development experience, primarily using React, Redux, RxJS, and Node.js.

• Proficiency in designing and implementing scalable RESTful APIs.

• Experience working with Swagger or similar tools to define and document APIs.

• Strong understanding of relational databases, especially MS SQL Server.

• Ability to design normalized schemas, create stored procedures, and optimize database interactions.

• Expertise in JavaScript ES6+, asynchronous programming, and secure coding practices.

• Proven ability to analyze and solve complex problems independently.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and collaboration skills, especially in a hybrid remote setting.

• Financial services domain experience is a plus.